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What's in a name? To put it better, what should I name my story?

The details: My story is a science fiction story that takes place on the planet of Cydonia, home to the space faring Cydonians, which has just come out of a thousand year war in which 23 nations remain, with the story taking place on the Eastern Kingdom of Hul. The main character, Abney, is a returning conscripted solider who sense that with the end of the war a great and sweeping changes that will benefit everyone, and that as a Christen (yes I was inspired by the Bradbury story) it is her duty to help bring about his change. Trouble is, she doesn't know what the change is. Enter in General Mossulus, who is wanted by the king for 'subversive thinking'. Abney is sent to capture or kill him, and when she finally does meet him, he gives her his journal which details their visit to 1920 America, which provides Abney the inspiration of what the end goal should be.

For some back story, the inspiration behind them is a mix, with the main part was the creation of a race that has utterly mastered the way of war, insuring that they never come up with the wrong strategy in any battle. The second part was the Ray Bradbury story in which a space captain visit to an alien race is a moot point as Jesus Christ got there first.

Some more details: Cydonians are of human like build, only they have light blue skin with dark blue tiger like stripping all over, with jet black hair and red eyes. Their planet is exposed to a unique form of radiation due to their atmosphere, which resulted in all forms of life on their planet having much longer lives than humans, with the average being about 300 years. Days are 36 hours long, with 15 months in a year and exactly 30 days in every month.

They've managed to send life past their solar system and into others without having to rely on complicated life sustaining systems. They do have FTL engines, but there touchy and prone to shooting you far past your destination.

So now that you know all the boring details, lets hear those names!

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  • 9 years ago
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    I will recommend you to finish your story first cause that way you could decide the name better having all the context of the story and can put a symbol of the end or something cool like that

  • 9 years ago

    Well mostly story names come from an event,object,name and places in the story

    E.g

    Eternal soldier abney

    Cyndonian war

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    9 years ago

    Why don't you pick out a name from one of your favorite quotes? That's what I do with my stories. Find a good quote or speech you really like, transcribe it, and look at each few words as a potential title. Definitely easier than coming up with a title from scratch.

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